Music video from Imagine Dragons – Warriors
Updated January 14, 2025.
Imagine Dragons – Warriors (Lyric Video)
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Released in 2014, Warriors stands as one of Imagine Dragons’ most anthemic and purpose-driven tracks, blending stadium-scale rock with emotional urgency. Originally created for the 2014 League of Legends World Championship, the song transcended its esports origins to become a broader rallying cry about perseverance, resilience, and inner strength.
Musically, Warriors is built on the band’s signature formula: pounding percussion, cinematic dynamics, and Dan Reynolds’ raw, impassioned vocal delivery. The verses simmer with tension before erupting into a soaring chorus that feels engineered for collective release. This push-and-pull structure mirrors the song’s lyrical themes, moments of doubt giving way to defiance, struggle transforming into resolve.
Lyrically, Warriors leans into archetypal imagery of battle, survival, and self-belief. Lines about standing one’s ground and refusing to surrender resonate far beyond competitive gaming, speaking to anyone facing long odds or personal adversity. The song’s universality is a major reason it has endured, frequently resurfacing in workout playlists, motivational compilations, and live performances where its communal energy truly shines.
The lyric video amplifies this intensity, pairing stark visuals with the song’s emotional core, allowing listeners to focus entirely on the words and momentum. Without distraction, the message lands harder: strength is earned, not given.
Within Imagine Dragons’ broader catalog, Warriors represents their ability to straddle alternative rock credibility and mainstream appeal without sacrificing sincerity. It captures the band at a moment when their sound was becoming unmistakably theirs, emotionally charged, cinematic, and unapologetically big.
Nearly a decade later, Warriors remains a defining motivational anthem, proof that music rooted in struggle and determination never truly dates.
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Imagine Dragons – Warriors Song lyrics
As a child you would wait
And watch from far away.
But you always knew that you’d be the one that work while they all play
In youth, you’d lay awake at night and scheme
Of all the things that you would change, but it was just a dream!
Here we are, don’t turn away now (don’t turn away)
We are the warriors that built this town.
Here we are, don’t turn away now (don’t turn away)
We are the warriors that built this town.
From Dust.
Will come, when you’ll have to rise
Above the best, improve yourself
Your spirit never dies
Farewell, I’ve gone, to take my throne
Above, don’t weep for me
Cause this will be the labor of my love (my love)
Here we are, don’t turn away now (don’t turn away)
We are the warriors that built this town
Here we are, don’t turn away now (don’t turn away)
We are the warriors that built this town
From Dust.
Here we are, don’t turn away now (don’t turn away)
We are the warriors that built this town
Here we are, don’t turn away now (don’t turn away)
We are the warriors that built this town
From Dust
Song lyrics from AZLyrics.com.
